Echoing upthread about 'Under the Bushes'...man we all had such high hopes for that album
― calstars, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
1;15 in King and Caroline - Bob: And the wisdom they will sell us, and the wisdom they will sellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllTobin: sell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― calstars, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:34 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^^^^yessss
― hobbes, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:40 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah "love king and caroline" - great performance on the daily show, too
― terry squad (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:56 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^ too much time on i love terius
― some dude, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 02:20 (fourteen years ago) link
i <3 under the bushes fwiw. second i heard after alien lanes but first i bought. not a duff track on it, honestly, except the sprout ones and i never really dig sprout's stuff tbh.
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:28 (fourteen years ago) link
aww i lovvvvv "atom eyes"!! one of his best.
― hobbes, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:35 (fourteen years ago) link
under the bushes was a big grower for me. i still think the sequence of 'bonus tracks' after "office of hearts" give it a little too much bloat.
― hobbes, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:38 (fourteen years ago) link
but otherwise, great album.
"Redmen and Their Wives" tho!!!
― ledge, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:43 (fourteen years ago) link
and atom eyes ain't too bad, true.
under the bushes is prob my fav, i guess cuz it's the first one i heard. also my copy came w/ the tigerbomb ep tacked on the end so there were sooo many songs
― just sayin, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 08:44 (fourteen years ago) link
i dig "take to the sky" and "it's like soul man", but the 3 songs in between sound like my stomach feels after too many beers. i think they would have been more effective if they had been worked into the other 18 songs.
― hobbes, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 09:03 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh i had no idea before this poll that game of pricks was the obvious choice. gonna vote little whirl just to even it out. xp !
ā sonderangerbot, Monday, July 19, 2010 7:51 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark
same here. guess i'm just not up on my GBV fan stats cuz i had no idea that it was the consensus pick. voted for it cuz it made me cry the first few times i heard it, and once upon i played it over again until it wasn't quite so achingly poignant and then walked around singing it for months on end. so many great songs on this record, though - probably their best, though propeller's my sentimental favorite. first love best love.
second choices at the time would have been motor away, my valuable hunting knife, as we go up, blimps go 90. little whirl took a while to click, but man i love that song to death. striped white jets cuz it always reminds me of my brother.
― good news if you wear cargo shorts (contenderizer), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 09:12 (fourteen years ago) link
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ā some dude, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 10:20 PM (Yesterday)
hahahaha u_u
― terry squad (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 10:24 (fourteen years ago) link
haha i always forget about the snoring on 'ex-supermodel' until i listen to it
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 15:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 23 July 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Is there a reason why BIG BORING WEDDING is not a choice?
― calstars, Saturday, 24 July 2010 00:04 (fourteen years ago) link
pass the word: the chicks are back etc.
― calstars, Saturday, 24 July 2010 00:05 (fourteen years ago) link
pass the word: it's on 'under the bushes under the stars'
― no, you're dead right, it's a macaroon (ledge), Saturday, 24 July 2010 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
sooo nice that "Motor Away" came 1st (tied, but still), I totally didn't see that coming
I hope that this lone vote fot "Cigarette Tricks" wasn't a joke or sth, I honestly love this "song" (probably more like a "hook")
― V79, Saturday, 24 July 2010 23:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"Motor Away"/"Game of Pricks" tie = poll justice.
― CompuPost, Sunday, 25 July 2010 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
If I'm a fanatic about this album, is the deluxe reissue thing worth getting? Like, are there extensive, 33 1/3 style liner notes and shit?
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 17:57 (thirteen years ago) link
is there a deluxe version of this record?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:07 (thirteen years ago) link
wasn't there a double vinyl version, with the songs in a weird sequence, all mixed up, or something? Did I dream this? Maybe it was that Bee Tousand that got that treatment...
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Bee THousand, I mean
oh yeah that was the bee thousand directors cut.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
that's worth it! it's pretty cool.
kind of surprising that matador isn't doing some kind of expanded alien lanes reissue to coincide w/ the reunion tho.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, they really should. I'd buy that. As I gushed upthread, this is probably one of my most-played albums of all time.
thanks tyler - I'll check out the BT director's cut!
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:14 (thirteen years ago) link
good a place as any to mention that they've launched a digital store w/ some oop stuff, some live shows, etc: https://www.gbvdigital.com
― tylerw, Tuesday, 5 October 2010 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
awesome, thanks tyler
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 6 October 2010 01:22 (thirteen years ago) link
!!! thanks !!!!trying to mete out my excitement about next week's show in chicago
a little excitement every day so i don't go nuts
― The Great Jumanji, (La Lechera), Wednesday, 6 October 2010 01:24 (thirteen years ago) link
20 years old
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 April 2015 23:15 (nine years ago) link
That revelation is shocking in some cases, but Alien Lanes feels exactly as old as it is.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 3 April 2015 23:16 (nine years ago) link
I would've voted "Game of Pricks," I'm pretty sure. Album still slays.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 3 April 2015 23:21 (nine years ago) link
the club is open
― mookieproof, Friday, 3 April 2015 23:50 (nine years ago) link
"King and Caroline" was robbed. But tie for first place and the next finisher otm.
― Is It Because I'm Blecch (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 April 2015 00:04 (nine years ago) link
"Game of Pricks" is the best song GBV ever did, but "Motor Away" is the best song on Alien Lanes. (O paradox)
― hardcore dilettante, Saturday, 4 April 2015 01:24 (nine years ago) link
i suspect i voted for 'little whirl'
i was otm
― mookieproof, Saturday, 4 April 2015 01:38 (nine years ago) link
things are new in brilliant blueand striped white jets come speeding through ah!sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-sh-and we must not forgetthe sudden pain of perfect greedand what's expected of this super-breed . . . for those who dream to touch the sunand those who run will always run . . .
― reggie (qualmsley), Friday, 12 October 2018 00:43 (five years ago) link
"post punk x-man parked his forkliftlike a billion stars flickering from the grinders wheel"
― brimstead, Friday, 12 October 2018 00:48 (five years ago) link
Blimps go 90On with the show
― ArchCarrier, Friday, 12 October 2018 08:47 (five years ago) link
Iām not here to drink all the beerIn the housein the fridge
― calstars, Friday, 12 October 2018 10:02 (five years ago) link
So I write music for soundtracks nowI write music for soundtracks now(That's what I wanted to do anyhow)
― Toss another shrimpl air on the bbqbbq (ledge), Friday, 12 October 2018 10:15 (five years ago) link
Oh, this is not to sayWe were not the worst we've ever been
― weatheringdaleson, Friday, 12 October 2018 10:36 (five years ago) link
Introducing the amazing rocket head!you know what the deal is, dude
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 12 October 2018 11:11 (five years ago) link
"Chicken Blows" robbed here btw
Anyone reading the new Pollard bio? I'm finding it slow going so far
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 12 October 2018 11:12 (five years ago) link
For me this is one of the Tobin Sprout tracks!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Friday, 12 October 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link